Water heater and condenser



0a. 20, 1931. H SCHNHDER 1,828,344

WATER HEATER I AND CONDENSER Filed May 11, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct.20, 1931. J SCHNEmER 1,828,344

WATER HEATER AND CONDENSER FiledMay 11. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct; 20,1931.

H. J. SCHNEIDER 1,828,344 WATER HEATER AND CONDENSER Filed May 11, 19293 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Oct. 20, 193i He st tsetiiiaies i sea-canaesaentser e wisting; we con-Bunsen My present inventionrelates. towater! heat-1: ers and condensers and more particularly to a combinedwater heater and, steam con:

denser. i

My device is twofold. It not only con;- denses steam but the steamproduces: hot water, or in other words, heat which is present in thesteam istransferred to the water, there. by chilling the steam to acondensation point m raising the temperature of the water to asubstantially high point, or sufiiciently high enough for therequirements of a laundry, tor instance. a

Of course my apparatus might be-useddi 15 rectly as a hot water heaterbeing-attached to a common steam heater, such that steam would becontinually condensing in the water heater and returning to the boilerin the form of water, much the same as condensation takes place in asteam radiator, except that in my invention the heat would pass from thesteam to the water surrounding the steam coils instead of the atmospherearound a radiator.

In my device the cold water enters the bot- 25 tom 01" the condenser andflows out of the top while the live steam enters the top of thecondenser, and the condensed steam, in the form of water, fiows out atthe bottom. The

steam is conducted through a series of coils 9 supported in standardfittings, such as cast iron Ls, Ts, return bends and. the like, and anysize condenser or heater may be made by adding to or subtracting fromthe number of units without discarding any of the original equipment,and likewise the apparatus may be easily disassembled for cleaning orrepairing without discarding or removing the rest of the apparatus. I I

The principal object of my invention therefore, is a combined waterheater and condenser.

Another object is a water heater and condenser composed of a series ofsimilar units any one of which is demountable without 4. disturbing theothers;

Other objects and novel features will appear as the description of theoperation and construction of the device progresses.

In the drawings illustrating my preferred 5Q embodiment of theinvention,

was. Serial N 3523371.

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The cold water circulates upthrough the jacket composed of standardfittings, absorbing the heat from the steam and may be drawn oil the topfor either domestic or commercial purposes. The steam may be either theexhaust of a steam engine or live steam rom a steam boiler, such as isused for heating dwelling houses. In either event, steam is utilized toheat the water and. the heat having been transferred from the steam tothe water, the condensation of the steam is carried back to the boilerfor further use.

In some installations, the units A, B, C, D and E, may take the pace ofa radiator for heating a room, while at the same time furnishing hotwater for other purposes, and under such conditions, a combination ofsteam and hot water is present, the steam coils acting as an indirectheating unit for the hot water radiator.

At Fig. 6, I have shown a similar arrangement of the units A, B, C, D, Eand F, except that the said units are provided with parallel steam coilssuch that steam travels down through the units A, D and E, withoutpassing units B, C and F, and vice versa.

In some installations an arrangement of this character would be moredesirable than that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, as it allows closer spacingof the units with respect to their vertical heights because no necessityis present for tipping the units for the purpose of drainage of thecoils 18 through the pipes 25 as in the case in Figs. 2 and 3.

A common inlet T 35 connects with both sides as A, D, E, and B, C, F,and a common outlet T 36 receives the condensation the same as does thepipe 27 in Fig. 2 and in all other respects the units are identical withthose shown and described elsewhere in the specification.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: r

1. In a water heater, a plurality of de cover plate, and disk andsecured to said jacket, steam inlet and outlet openings in said coverplate communicating with chambers formed on the inside of such plate adjacent the said disk, a partition separating said compartments andtransversely located between the open ends of said steam tube located insaid disk, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a combined water heater and steam condenser the combination ofdemountable water jackets connected to each other at one endv by areturn bend and at the other end by a T, said T closed at one end by adisk provided with a steam tube having its two ends secured in said diskand communicatingwith the side of the disk remote from said waterjacket, a cover plate adjacent said remote side of said disk and held tosaid jacket by meansof bolts passing through said cover plate and diskand secured to said jacket, steam inlet and outlet openings in saidcover plate communicating with chambers formed on the inside of suchplate, adjacent the said disk, a partition separating said compartmentsand transversely located between the open ends of said steam tube,located in said disk, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof, I hereby subscribe my name this 18th day of March,1929.

HENRY J. SCHNEIDER.

mountable water jackets connected to each other at one end by a returnbend and at the other end by a T, said T closed at one end by a diskprovided with a steam tube having its two ends secured in said disk and.com: municating with the side of the disk remote from said water jacket,a cover plate adjacent said remote side of said disk and held to saidint

